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Time Bandits (2024, showrunners Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris) (www.youtube.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/14129216

Eleven-year-old Kevin's passion for history is put to the test when he joins a ragtag group of time-traveling thieves on a high-stakes and hilarious adventure.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/114924-time-bandits

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a good question. I wonder if they've over-thought it and felt it might be more... respectful not to include them but then they are being dine out of a job. I'm sure I saw an interview with the cast who said it was an important film for them as it raised their profile (as they had been in other films but under suits or prosthetics) and gave them work outside of panto season.

[โ€“] retrospectology 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, the original wasn't exactly a flattering representation and their shortness was still played for comedic effect, but the actors got to play actual characters with personality, rather than just playing a leprechaun bit part or something.

I guess I'd be interested to hear what actual people with dwarfism from the time and today have to say about it.